Chapter 143: Cold Reception
After settling down in an ordinary hotel in Taipei, Ye Tian called Hong Kong Lizhi to mail a copy, and spent a happy time with Zhao Yuzhi, browsing some places of interest and historic sites together for several days, such as the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Longshan Temple, etc.
The appearance of the Palace Museum imitates the Palace Museum in the capital, with a palace-style design, which is magnificent and beautiful.
Country. Built to commemorate Mr. Sun, the Father Memorial Hall is a palace-like design, majestic and grandiose, with a multi-functional hall that can accommodate 3,000 spectators, and can host music, dance, drama and other activities.
Longshan Temple was called Monga Wanhua in ancient times, it is the earliest place to develop in Taipei City and Dadaocheng, in the middle of the Qing Dynasty and Tainan, Lukang and called "one house, two deer, three Monga", and Longshan Temple was founded at the beginning of Monga's development, the main worship of Guanyin Bodhisattva, is one of the most prosperous temples in Taipei City, Ye Tian is not interested in the temple, but Zhao Yuzhi is very religious, pulled Ye Tian to walk here for an afternoon, just ask for a sign there are as many as three times, ask twice about marriage, ask once is a lawsuit.
After visiting the places of interest during the day, it is natural to visit the night market at night, the Huaxi Street Night Market located in the west of Longshan Temple, is a must-visit place for tourists to come to Taiwan, with Zhao Yuzhi as a tour guide, Ye Tian naturally did not miss it, here includes all kinds of flavor snacks, from mountain products to seafood, everything is available, Ye Tian, who is accustomed to the Temple Street Night Market in Hong Kong, really opened his eyes, here seems to gather all kinds of trendy toys, daily necessities, clothing and accessories, novel inventions, divine divination, traditional games, of course, there are many tourists.
"Another one!"
"That's amazing!"
Every time Ye Tian threw out a circle, the onlookers couldn't help but exclaim.
The rules of the ring ring game are very simple, the shopkeeper visits the items on the ground and asks the customer to stand outside the white line and throw the ring, which is Ye Tian's specialty, after spending dozens of Taiwan dollars to get familiar with the ring. Recently, a few handfuls have been successful, set a lot of novelty items, when the circle fell on the treasure jade bracelet of the town store, it really made the shopkeeper painful, this item he placed for three years, is to attract customers. Because it was placed far away, no one ever got it, and who wanted to end up in the hands of a young man.
Ye Tian left the bracelet, distributed the rest of the antique toys to the onlookers, and chased Zhao Yuzhi with a smile.
"Sister Zhi, this bracelet is for you, is it beautiful?"
Zhao Yuzhi was surprised: "Where did you come from?" ”
Ye Tian said proudly: "I got it in the ring ring game just now!" ”
Zhao Yuzhi observed for a while, and couldn't tell whether it was precious or not, but she just thought it was good-looking.
Ye Tian smiled and said, "This is an ordinary jade bracelet. The market price is around two or three thousand. ”
"It's pretty good!"
"Hey, you see there's marbles over there!"
Zhao Yuzhi saw Ye Tian slip away in the blink of an eye, and shook his head helplessly.
All the way forward, Ye Tian found a lot of fun places, playing marbles, fishing, and shooting balloons, all of which he loved to play, but Zhao Yuzhi didn't seem to be interested in it, and Ye Tian stayed for a long time. She would walk around, and Ye Tian couldn't look at her. Hurriedly gave up the search, so that he quickly walked out of the night market.
"Ximending!" When the night market came to an end, Ye Tian read out a place name to the street sign, turned around and asked, "Sister Zhi, what kind of place is this?" ”
Zhao Yuzhi blushed and said, "It's not a good place!" ”
Ye Tian's heart moved, and he thought of the famous Japanese Kabukicho. Is it the Red Light District?
A passer-by who was also waiting for the bus smiled and said: "My brother is a foreigner, Ximending is a commercial and entertainment area, a representative of Taipei's alternative sub-pop culture, and our locals like to go there to watch movies the most." ”
"Uncle, there is a movie theater in Ximending?"
"There are too many cinemas. There are about 20 of them, and Lin Qingxia was discovered by a talent scout when she was shopping in Ximending and became a famous movie star! ”
I heard that there are so many movie theaters, Ye Tian was very surprised, didn't he come to Taiwan to distribute films, more than 20 movie theaters, the scale is more than any theater chain in Hong Kong, and they are gathered in one place.
When the bus arrived, passers-by got on the bus one after another.
Ye Tian pulled Zhao Yuzhi and begged, "Sister Zhi, let's go and take a look." ”
Zhao Yuzhi said helplessly: "I really can't help you!" ”
Ximending this place, Zhao Yuzhi is very impressed, a certain movie came to film, what she saw and heard made her feel ashamed, Taipei's famous commercial entertainment circle, but also a place to hide dirt, Taiwan's famous red light district, a paradise for bad men.
Beginning in the 1930s, Ximending became a famous movie street in Taipei, and after the defeat of Japan, Rongjing continued to maintain, and since the 40s, every theater has been full of people, scalpers are rampant, and movie theaters have been opened one after another. More than a dozen theaters have been opened in the second section of Chang Street, and its grand occasion has been evident since then, but due to the gradual development of Taipei urban area to the east, many functions of Ximending have been replaced, and the Taipei Municipal Government and local businesses in Ximending have re-planned Ximending as a pedestrian walking area, and banned vehicle traffic on weekends and national holidays, only to pull teenagers back to this area, in Ximending, almost every weekend there are small concerts, concerts, record premieres, various movie promotions, street performances and other activities are often seen.
There are more than 20 movie theaters in Ximending, and almost all of them can be found in Ximending when the first round of movies are released in Taipei.
Because of the high density of teenagers, Ximending is also tied with the East District and Shilin Night Market for the highest juvenile crime rate in Taipei, in addition, Ximending is also a famous red light district in Taipei, and most of them are female students.
After going around Ximending, Ye Tian was disappointed, although there are more than 20 movie theaters, but the scale of the screening hall is very small, the smallest even only has 100 seats, which cannot be compared with Hong Kong theaters, and the attendance rate is also unsatisfactory, it is the same at night, and it must be worse during the day.
"Hey, do you have a new movie here?"
The ticket seller said: "This is the new film, it just started to be released last month!" ”
Ye Tian was thundered, last month's new films, now it's August 10th, saying this sentence in Hong Kong, you can laugh at it as a joke, the film that has been released in Taiwan for more than half a month is still called a new film, how long is a movie schedule?
"Sir, do you even buy a ticket?"
"I want to see your boss!"
The conductor said, "Our boss is not here, what are you looking for him?" ”
Ye Tian asked again: "Do you contact the production company or the distribution company to screen the film in your cinema?" ”
The conductor said bluntly: "Sometimes it is the distribution company, and there are also production companies that send copies directly, but the films sent by the production company do not sell well, and the distribution company is different, and the movie tickets generally sell very well." ”
"Sorry to interrupt!"
Ye Tian stood at the door of the cinema for a while, shaking his head slightly, he still had to contact the distribution company, such a one-by-one contact, and the film with a broken leg would not be released, and besides, he had no time to waste on contacting the cinema.
"Tianzai?"
"I'm fine, Sister Zhi, it's not too early, let's go back."
"Okay!"
Zhao Yuzhi happily agreed, looking at the people who were looking for fun on the road, it was tormenting to stay here for an extra moment.
Back at the hotel, Ye Tian said the conversation and went back to sleep, Zhao Yuzhi was surprised, Ye Tian always liked to mess around in her room a few days ago, and in the end she pushed him out, how did he change his sex today, Zhao Yuzhi was entangled in whether to go to the next door to see, tossing and turning, and fell asleep after a long time.
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After playing in Taipei for a week, after receiving the copy from Lizhi, Ye Tian immediately called the publisher introduced by Qin Shenlin.
"Hey, Mr. Li, hello, I'm Ye Tian, a friend of Mr. Qin Xianglin"
"Yes, I have a new film here, Hong Kong Golden Princess Cinema Movie...... I'm not from the Golden Princess Cinemas. ”
"Can't be released? Sorry to interrupt! ”
The first call was invalid, Ye Tian thought about it, and felt that the other party should be in a cooperative relationship with Princess Jin, but fortunately he didn't say the name of the movie, otherwise Lei Juekun should be vigilant and dial the second one, according to Qin Shenlin, this Mr. Zhou often cooperates with Golden Harvest.
"Is it Mr. Zhou, I have a new film here, "Get My Father-in-law", which is very popular at the Hong Kong box office."
"I'm not a liar, I'm the producer Ye Tian!"
"Producer Zhao Yuzhi?"
"Hello?"
Depend on! Ye Tian had no choice but to put down the phone, he actually forgot that the production column of "Get Father-in-law" did have Zhao Yuzhi's name written on it, this Mr. Zhou was really too clever, and it seemed that he was going to visit him in person.
There is also a phone number, the director of production at China Film, who is also an official.
"Mr. Wang of China Film Group......"
"I'm sorry, Miss Secretary, I'm looking for Mr. Wang!"
"I have a film here and I want to work with him."
"What, dismissed, uh, sorry, excuse me!"
Ye Tian put down the phone depressedly, what went wrong? The contact information given to him by Qin Xianglin didn't work, the other party didn't listen to his explanation at all and hung up the phone, and he couldn't even contact anyone, the reason was very strange, he even said that he was dismissed, and he was not afraid of bad luck, presumably Qin Xianglin came in person, and he didn't give face.
Taiwan is obviously a dumping ground for Hong Kong films, and most of the films shown in cinemas are Hong Kong movies, why is it so difficult for him to get here! Ye Tian suppressed his upset emotions and decided to try it himself.
Ye Tian told Zhao Yuzhi his thoughts.
"You're going out?"
"yes!"
"I'll accompany you?"
"No, I'll just go myself."
Ye Tian smiled and shook his head, although it would be much easier to have a big star in charge, but Taiwanese filmmakers are not good birds, especially those who master the rules, that Wu Squat is not the boss of the club, Jia Jingwen's godfather, I don't know if it's really a godfather, Zhao Yuzhi is a big beauty, Ye Tianzhen is not worried about letting her beg someone.
"I'll be waiting for you at the hotel!" A determined look flashed in Zhao Yuzhi's eyes, she also has connections in Taiwan, and it is not a problem to contact one or two publishers, Ye Tian came back and gave him a surprise.
"I'm going down, huh...... Maybe I'll come back in the evening and have something to call in touch! ”
"Well, be careful, when people ask, they will say that you are from Hong Kong."
"I know this!"
Ye Tian smiled and nodded, saying in Taiwan that he was a mainland smuggler, unless he was tired of being alive. (To be continued......)